“ Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. ” – Paulo Freire, Educator

LATINO LEADERS: WE NEED INTERNET FREEDOM AND PROTECTION

Republicans in Congress are already working overtime to delegitimize and overthrow one of the biggest progressive victories in recent memory — the new net neutrality rules the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed last month.

The Republican majority, spurred on by their donors in the telecom industry, is using committee hearings to air wild conspiracy theories and levy baseless accusations at the FCC.

Given how important an open Internet is to our communities, each member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus ought to be vocally pushing back on the Republican lies. Unfortunately, the CHC is largely being silent. They need to know that Latinos and our allies demand that they defend net neutrality.